What can you tell me about areas of Washington Heights, harlem, & bedford stuyvesant?

[jcoltrane]

Originally Posted by checkmatechamp13

That's not necessarily true. Distance to Midtown & Downtown Manhattan plays a role in the rent prices. For the price you're paying to live in a dodgy part of Upper Manhattan, you could potentially live in a perfectly safe neighborhood in Staten Island. The problem of course, is the commute.

Well, SI might be a part of planet Earth, but it is not a part of the typical Transplant conversation.

"Distance" isn't what truly matters, DESIREABILITY is the absolute factor!!!!

The more desireable a place, the greater the Demand, the greater the Demand, the greater the cost. Plain, basic, economics.

SI isn't comparably cheap because it is distant, it is because their is a low desireability. For some, the distance might be an issue, for *more* the place itself, and many of the sort that live there are what makes SI undesireable.

For example, my GF grew up there and would not move back for anything in the world! Zero cost housing and absolute safety would not be enough. In her experience it was a horrible place.

So, the problem, of course is MORE than simply the commute.

Do you think people choose Fort Greene, Clinton Hill or say Prospect Heights, Williamsburg or Greenpoint rather than SI, becaue of the commute?!

The draw to such places is far more than the shorter commute. Plus who would want to live next door to 'Big Ang' or Wu-Tang for that matter....

Not a desireable proposition even if the commute were short.

[checkmatechamp13]

Originally Posted by jcoltrane

SI isn't comparably cheap because it is distant, it is because their is a low desireability. For some, the distance might be an issue, for *more* the place itself, and many of the sort that live there are what makes SI undesireable.

Do you think people choose Fort Greene, Clinton Hill or say Prospect Heights, Williamsburg or Greenpoint rather than SI, becaue of the commute?!

The draw to such places is far more than the shorter commute. Plus who would want to live next door to 'Big Ang' or Wu-Tang for that matter....

Not a desireable proposition even if the commute were short.

You really think all of SI is populated by gang members and people from the mafia? Any serious gang issues are concentrated in certain pockets, and for the mafia, I'm sure they're still around, but unless you're involved with them, you don't have anything to worry about.

Yes, the commute plays a large role in prices because people want as short a commute as possible. I don't find anything desirable about Bushwick aside from the commute. You have more to worry about in most of Bushwick than in 95% of SI neighborhoods.